Dana Wachter
@danawachter
Storyteller. Journo. Skygazer.
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http://www.danawachter.com 11-11-2008 16:45:48
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even if journalism doesn’t change the reason he had to traverse a treacherous jungle to get here, or how he is treated here within a dehumanizing asylum system, it can still mean something to the people who live a story: the simple act of telling it, and speaking someone’s truth.
Stories can inspire and motivate us in our pursuit of social good. Our Executive Director, Mojdeh Cox has generously taken the time to share her own, which shows us what's possible when we channel adversity into action to create the world we wish to see: bit.ly/2Vu7YYy
Congratulations to the 2021 National League Champions - Atlanta Braves! Time to Scatter, Smother & Cover® at the World Series!
I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leaked emails opposing my giving this speech, as it dishonored Dr. King for me to do so. They called me a "discredited activist" "unworthy of such association with King"
Apparently Brookline for Everyone has stirred up enough #GoodTrouble, we've got a local political group organizing against us. If I were to pick a name of an anti-housing group locally, I couldn't do better than "By Design." A thread🧵👇 1/n
It was #ByDesign our land use is so racially segregated. Racially restrictive covenants and redlining made sure "undesired" minorities were excluded from communities. See Segregation_by_Design and segregatedbydesign.com 2/n